The Egyptian Souvenir - Mary Flagan

- Focus on… The British Museum and Sherlock Holmes - Glossary of difficult words - Comprehension and grammar activities including A2 Key style exercises and 21st century skills activities - Final test

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The Egyptian Souvenir

Sally wants to be a detective and her hobby is solving mysteries. But this time the mystery is really difficult!

Read about Sally’s adventures and enjoy the story!

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The story of Sally, a girl who loves solving mysteries like a real detective.

A visit to the museum starts a series of events that Sally tries to understand.

A new teacher and losing her souvenir from Egypt are just some of the things she must think about.

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Sally gets help from her brother and then her mother to solve the mystery.

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To encourage students to connect the story to the world they live in.

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A2 level activities.

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Contents

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Main Characters

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Before you read

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Chapter 1

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Activities

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Chapter2

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Activities

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Chapter 3

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Activities

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Chapter 4

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Activities

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Chapter 5

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Activities

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Focus on... The British Museum

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Focus on... Sherlock Holmes

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Test Yourself

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Syllabus

A New Mystery The Big Chase An important Discovery The Rescue The Key

Main Characters

Stephen

Dad

Sally’s brother. He’s 17 and sometimes helps his younger sister.

Me: Sally

Sally tells the story. She loves solving mysteries and wants to become a detective.

Sally’s dad has a souvenir from Egypt on his desk at home.

Mum

Sally’s mum helps her to solve the mystery.

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Paul

Mr Sanderson

One of Sally’s classmates.

He sometimes laughs at Sally.

Lisa

Sally’s best friend. She’s in her class at school.

He’s Sally’s history teacher.

Miss Robertson

She’s the supply teacher who comes instead of Mr Sanderson.

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Before you read

Vocabulary 1 Complete the sentences with a word from the box. pyramids

papyrus pharaohs

Egypt tombs

desert

pyramids There were lots of mdpayrsi _______________ in ancient (1) ptygE _______________ . They were built as (2) sotbm _______________ for the (3) aahsrpho ______________ and there are still some in the (4) seetrd _______________ .

The ancient Egyptians wrote in hieroglyphics and used a special kind of paper called (5) yppsrua _______________

2 What does Sally need to be a detective? Circle four

more words.

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diary disguise binoculars chocolate bicycle goldfish

3 Match each word to the correct definition. souvenir a something that is difficult to explain or 1 beetle understand 2 mystery b a place where you can look at important old things 3 detective c a person who examines facts to 4 museum understand what really happened 5 Cairo 6 supply teacher 7 limousine

d a city in Egypt, North Africa

e something you buy on holiday f an insect

g a big expensive car

h If your teacher is ill, this person takes your class

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Reading A2 Key 4 Complete the text about the story with one word in each space.

in the UK. She’s a student (1) ________ secondary Sally lives ___ school. (2) ________ best friend’s name (3) ________ Lisa. She’s got (4) ________ older brother called Stephen. She wants (5) ________ be a detective (6) ________ she loves solving mysteries.

Speaking and Writing 5 This story is called The Egyptian Souvenir. Discuss these questions with a partner and write your answers.

21st Century Skills

1 Would you like to visit Egypt? Why? / Why not?

2 What kind of souvenirs do you usually buy when you go on holiday?

3 Where do you usually go on holiday and who do you spend your holidays with?

4 What do you like doing on holiday?

5 When do you usually go on holiday?

6 Do you prefer spending your holidays in your country or visiting another country? Why?

Speaking 6a What do you think the story is about?

Discuss with a partner.

6B How do you think the following things will be useful in the story? Discuss with a partner.

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Chapter 1

A New Mystery 18th March

A difficult case1 2 Sally loves solving mysteries but this one is difficult and there’s nobody she can ask for help.

This new case is very difficult. I really enjoy solving2 mysteries but this time I just don’t know what to do. I can’t ask my best friend Lisa for help or my brother Stephen. Lisa is at her grandmother’s house and Stephen… well, he thinks that the case is closed3, but I don’t!

I’m going to write about everything that has happened and then maybe I’ll understand it all!

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case facts that you need to examine to understand what really happened 2 solve when you find the answer to the case, the mystery is solved 3 the case is closed the case is finished because the mystery is solved

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Sally is going to write about everything that has happened to help her solve the mystery.

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11th March – Day One

A visit to the Egyptian Museum

Sally sees a beetle made of black stone at the museum and says it’s something like the souvenir her parents brought back from Egypt.

I visit the Egyptian Museum with my class and Mr Sanderson, our history teacher. The museum is beautiful, but there aren’t many people. In the Pharaoh1 Room there are only three people, There are some lovely things in this room!

I look at everything very carefully and … I see a beautiful beetle2 made of black stone3. There’s a beetle like this on my father’s desk.

‘I’ve got one too! I’ve got one too!’ I shout.

‘What?’ the teacher asks.

‘A black beetle!’ I answer, as my face starts to go red4. ‘My parents bought it in Egypt. It’s not exactly the same … mine has a small lump5 above one eye and it lights up6 in the dark.’

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Pharaoh King of ancient Egypt beetle a kind of insect 3 stone see picture onpage 13. Sally is pointing at the beetle made of stone 4 go red become red when you’re embarrassed 5 lump a part that is higher than the rest 6 lights up it gets brighter when the room is dark 2

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Sally is pointing at the black beetle made of stone. She says that her father has one like it on his desk at home.

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‘Of course it’s not the same! Yours is only a souvenir,’ says Paul. ‘It isn’t antique1.’

Sally gets even redder in the face when the others laugh at her.

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12th March – Day Two

In the head teacher’s office

The head teacher is angry with Sally because she shouted in the museum.

After the P.E.1 lesson, the head teacher called me into his office.

‘Sally Wilkinson, what did you do yesterday at the Egyptian Museum?’

‘Me? I didn’t do anything.’

‘The museum manager called me. Well?’

‘But … I only shouted . . . I only shouted a little!’

The head teacher is angry and tells me that it’s forbidden2 to shout in museums. Luckily, he doesn’t punish3 me.

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P.E. Physical Education forbidden you can’t do something because it isn’t permitted 3 punish make someone do something they don’t like because they did something wrong 2

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12th March – Evening

It’s evening. I’m in my bedroom. Suddenly1, Dad shouts, ‘Sally, Sally, come here now!’ He’s angry.

Now what is it?

I go into his study and he says, ‘Sally, you know you mustn’t play in my study!’

Dad’s desk is a mess2. It isn’t my fault3, I didn’t play in his study, but he doesn’t believe me.

Why does everyone always think everything is my fault?

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suddenly if something happens suddenly, it’s quick and you’re suprised 2 a mess not tidy 3 fault if something is your fault, it means you’re the one who did something bad

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Now Sally’s dad is angry with her because he thinks she made a mess of his study.

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13th March – Day Three

The supply teacher1

Sally likes the new supply teacher. She asks them to bring anything Egyptian they have to school the next day.

Think

Why do you think Sally says it’s strange to see a limousine where she lives?

Have you ever seen one?

The head teacher comes into the classroom with a woman that we don’t know.

‘Good morning, everyone! Unfortunately, Mr Sanderson is ill. This is Miss Robertson, she’s your history teacher for now. I want you all to be good for her!’

The supply teacher is young and very pretty.

She has long, black hair and a friendly face.

‘Well!’ she says, ‘I believe you’re doing a project2 on the Egyptians. Have you got anything Egyptian at home?’

‘I’ve got a papyrus3’ answers Thomas.

‘I’ve got a bottle full of desert sand,’ says Anna.

‘Sally’s got a beetle!’ says Lisa.

‘Great!’ says Miss Robertson, ‘Bring them tomorrow and we’ll have a special lesson without books.’

I like the new teacher a lot. Shehas some good ideas.

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supply teacher someone who teaches you when your class teacher is ill or away 2 project work that you do as a class 3 papyrus a kind of paper used a long time ago

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When Sally gets home, she sees a limousine outside her house. That’s really strange for her neighbourhood.

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After-reading Activities • Chapter 1

Reading Comprehension 1 Who are they? Match each sentence to the correct person.

a He’s one of Sally’s classmates.

Sally b She’s a supply teacher.

1 Mr Sanderson c She’s the girl telling the story.

2 Lisa d She’s Sally’s best friend.

3 Paul e He’s a history teacher.

4 Miss Robertson 21st Century Skills

Speaking and Writing 2 Here are some things we know about Sally from

Chapter 1. Complete the table below about Sally, you and your friend. Are any of your answers the same as Sally’s?

Sally

Your friend

Surname

(1) ___________

Hobby

Solving mysteries

Family

(2) ___________

School trip to…

Egyptian museum

Souvenir

(3) ____________

Some classmates

Paul, Thomas, Anna, Lisa

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Ride a bike

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Grammar 3 Fill in the gaps with the past simple of the correct verb. buy

shout

call

visit

be

see

visited the Egyptian Museum on Day One. Sally ________ She (1) ________ a beautiful beetle made of black stone.

Sally (2) ________ out that she had a black beetle, too. Her parents (3) ________ it in Egypt. The next day, the head teacher (4) ________ Sally into his office. He (5) ________ angry because you mustn’t shout in the museum.

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Reading A2 Key 4 Read the signs from the museum. Which notice (A-H) says

this (1-5)? Write the sentence number next to the notice.

Example:

Shop open every morning except Monday.

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Answer: 1 You must be quiet.

2 Children don’t have to pay.

3 You can’t eat or drink.

4 You mustn’t pick things up.

5 You can buy things here in the afternoon.

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SHOP CLOSED ALL DAY MONDAY & EVERY AFTERNOON

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NO FOOD OR BEVERAGES

Before-reading Activities

Speaking 5 Who do you think the black limousine belongs to? Why do you

think it’s in Sally’s neighbourhood?

Listening 3 6 Listen to Chapter 2. What does Sally see?

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After-reading Activities • Chapter 5

Reading Comprehension 1 Read the summary and find six mistakes.

Sally and her mum went to the Majestic Hotel in the afternoon. They used the bag of tools that was in the criminals’ room to open the pipe in the kitchen. They found the beetle and then Sally and her mum went to the police station. The British and Egyptian police worked all night to solve the mystery and the next day, there was a photo of Sally’s mum in the newspaper. Sally received a postcard from the National Museum in Cairo and they invited her and a friend to visit them.

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Grammar 3 Use the prompts to write a list of questions that Sally could

ask the museum guide about her discovery. Invent your answers and compare them with a friend.

When Who Where

make/made

beetle key

steal/stole

What

Hatmen pyramid

is/is in

Reading A2 Key 4 Complete the text about the story with one word in each space.

to Sally’s mum decides ________ help Sally solve (1) ________ mystery. The owner of the Majestic Hotel is (2) ________ friend of Sally’s mum and she lets (3) ________ go into the criminals’ room.

They don’t really know what they (4) ________ looking for. Then Sally realises that there (5) ________ something in the pipe because the water stays (6) ________ the sink for a long time.

Speaking and Writing 5 Discuss these questions with a partner and write your answers.

1 2 3 4 5

What did / didn’t you like about the story?

21st Century How often do you read in your free time?

Skills What kind of books do you like reading?

How important do you think it is to read in your free time?

What other things do you do in your free time at home?

Writing 6 You’re Sally. Write an email to Lisa telling her about your trip

to the National Museum in Cairo last month.

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Focus on...

The British Museum

The Ancient Egypt gallery The British Museum in London has a collection of more than seven million objects about the history of many different cultures.

You can learn about the Aztecs, Ancient Greeks, Ancient Romans and many other people as well as the Ancient Egyptians. You can see lots of valuable objects from Ancient Egypt, from about 3000 BC. The Ancient Egypt gallery contains mummies1, coffins2, poems that were written 1 2

mummy coffins the wooden box where you put a dead person

on papyrus, pottery3, tools and wall paintings with writing in hieroglyphics.

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Visit the Museum

Visitors get a clear idea of what an Ancient Egyptian tomb-chapel looked like. Nebamun was a rich man who died in about 1350 BC and his tomb had lots of different wall paintings.

If you want to see all of these things, then you can visit the museum, which is open every day, and see everything.. It’s easy to get to on the underground and admission is free1. If you want to book an audio tour you have to pay but it is cheaper if you’re under 12. If you go with your family then you can book a family tour (2 adults and 2 children under 12).

Cleopatra of Egypt As well as the objects on show, the museum also organises special exhibitions2 about important events3 or people in history all year round. In 2001, they organised a big exhibition on Cleopatra of Egypt. Cleopatra has become one of the most famous pharaohs in history, mainly because she was a woman, but also because she was very clever. She became powerful4 in the Roman Empire, firstly as Julius Caesar’s girlfriend and then as Mark Antony’s wife.

This exhibition is on the museum’s website and you can do an online tour which tells you all about the Queen’s rule and shows you photos of the objects that were on show. Just go to www. britishmuseum.org and search for Cleopatra of Egypt.

Info

If you’re really interested in this period in history, then you can read more about it in some of the books you can to buy at the museum bookshop. The bookshop is on the North Side of the Great Court or you can order online.

Why not buy some souvenirs too?

The Souvenir Shop is on the West Side of the Great Court and sells museum guides, postcards and lots more. Again, you can order all of these things from the website if you prefer.

To make sure you always know what’s happening at the museum and which exhibitions they’re planning, you can become a member. Young people aged between 8 and 15 can become a Young Friend. People aged 16-26 pay less to become a member.

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admission is free you don’t have to pay anything to enter exhibition when lots of things are on show for people to look at 3 event something important that happens 4 powerful if you’re powerful you can make people do things for you 2

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Focus on...

Sherlock Holmes The Great Detective In The Egyptian Souvenir, the main character decides that she is going to be Sally “Holmes”, Great Detective and solve the mystery of the missing beetle. The real Holmes was invented

by Arthur Conan Doyle and is one of English literature’s most famous detectives.

Conan was born on 22nd May, 1859 in Edinburgh, Scotland, but later he went to school in England.

He became a doctor and it was while he was a medical student that he started writing short stories.

One of his teachers was a man called Dr. Joseph Bell and many believe that the character of Sherlock Holmes was like him.

Starting in 1891 with The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, a collection of short stories which were a series in The Strand magazine, Conan wrote more than fifty stories in which the London detective and his friend and assistant,

Dr. Watson, investigated all kinds of strange happenings in late nineteenth century and early twentieth century England. Apart from short stories, he also wrote four complete novels about particular cases.

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Holmes was a very intelligent detective who observed everything. He had his own special way of solving mysteries, and when his friend and assistant tried to understand how he did it, he always said that it was ‘Elementary my dear Watson, elementary.’

He had some special equipment that he always used as well, such as his magnifying glass1 to help him look for clues2 and, of course, he always wrote down everything in his notebook.

The great detective usually wore a hat called a ‘deerstalker’ when he went out but he also used lots of One of his most famous cases was The Hound of the Baskervilles which was first a series in the Strand Magazine between 1901 and 1902.

It’s the story of a rich family in Devon, in the south west of England, who think that a big doglike monster wants to kill them all.

A family friend calls Sherlock Holmes to solve the mystery before it can kill the next heir6 to the Baskerville fortune. What does Holmes do? You’ll have to read the book or watch the film to find out7.

There are films about other cases 1

magnifying glass 2 clue information that helps to solve a mystery 3 dressing gown a kind of long coat that you put on after getting out of bed

disguises when he needed to solve a mystery so that people didn’t know it was him.

When he was in his house working on a case in his study, he often wore his dressing gown3 and slippers4 and smoked a pipe5. the detective has solved and there’s also one called Sherlock Holmes starring Robert Downey Jr as the clever investigator and Jude Law as Dr. Watson.

Holmes’ flat and detective agency was in 221B Baker Street and today you can visit the Sherlock Holmes Museum at this address. The museum is open every day except Christmas Day and if you’re a real fan of the great detective you can also join The Sherlock Holmes International Society.

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slippers soft shoes that you wear at home 5 pipe 6 heir the person that gets the family money when the older members die 7 find out discover

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Test Yourself 1 Read the sentences, then tick (3) true (T) or false (F) for each

one. Correct the false sentences.

Sally doesn’t like solving mysteries and doesn’t want to be

a detective.

1 Sally’s friend Lisa is at her aunt’s house.

2 Mr Sanderson is a geography teacher.

3 Sally’s black beetle with a lump over one eye is just a souvenir.

4 Miss Robertson is a criminal who stole the beetle.

5 Mr Sanderson didn’t know why the men and Miss Robertson tied him up.

6 Sally’s brother and her mum helped her during the investigation.

7 The beetle is the key to a Pharaoh’s bedroom.

8 Sally has to go to the museum in Egypt on her own.

2 Write the correct word in each gap.

T F 3 ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■

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p _a _p _y _r _u _s is a piece of paper that was used in ancient A _ Egypt.

1 The t _ _ _ _ of Pharaohs are in the pyramids.

2 A s _ _ _ _ _ _ _ is something you buy on holiday.

3 A m _ _ _ _ _ is a place you can visit to see old and precious objects.

4 A l _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ is a big expensive car.

5 A s _ _ _ _ _ t _ _ _ _ _ _ is someone who substitutes the normal class teacher.

6 A c _ _ _ _ _ _ _ is someone who does something bad.

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Syllabus Topics People Personal feelings School and Study Travel and holidays Functions and Notions Making predictions, talking about (im)probability and (im)possibility Expressing opinions, agreement and disagreement Expressing degrees of certainty and doubt Understanding simple signs and notices Grammar and Structures Present tenses: simple, continuous and perfect Past tenses: simple, continuous Future forms: going to, will Adjectives Adverbs Modals Prepositions Question formation Verb patterns

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